Taiwan, ‘Still Fighting’ for Democracy, Gets Nod to Host Human Rights Event (NYTimes)
Taiwan, ‘Still Fighting’ for Democracy, Gets Nod to Host Human Rights Event (NYTimes)
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Aug 1, 2018

Taiwan, ‘Still Fighting’ for Democracy, Gets Nod to Host Human Rights Event (NYTimes)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan has had a rough time of it lately.

Just last week, international airlines stopped using its name; it lost hosting rights to a youth sports festival; and even a local children’s choir took a blow, prevented from singing at a United Nations building in Vienna.

Amid those and other recent setbacks — blamed on pressure from China, which claims the self-governing island as its territory — has come a welcome bit of recognition. Taiwan has been chosen as the first Asian host for the Oslo Freedom Forum, an international human rights conference.


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